Fuel pump questions

[Bruce Bowling]

> 
> The return line must have a min of pressure.
> All gas tanks have a line at the bottom of the tank, for the pick-up,
> and then various others, they can be mounted all over the place.  
> I beleive it was some Chry. where they had some mounted on the sides at
> about what would be 7/8 full.  On some tanks there is a large trapped
> air bubble, all I was making the point was not to let the return line be
> covered, if the return is sometimes covered the return line pressure
> goes up, the regulator can't bleed the pressure down, and the motor goes
> very rich.
>   Hope that better explains it   Bruce  nacelp at bright.net
> 

I have heard that the return line must exit at the bottom of the
tank, so there is no "fuel splash". I think I got this from the
JTR book. Is this true? Does it matter?

- Bruce

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                 Bruce A. Bowling
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